Sandisk launches 64GB SD card

SanDisk Corporation has begun shipping the 64 GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card. The company's highest capacity SD card ever offers up to 15MB/sec read speed2 and Class 4 speed rating.

The new card is ideal for capturing and storing massive 1080p High-Definition video files and then transferring them quickly to a computer.

SDXC cards are based on the new SD 3.0 specification, which makes it possible to manufacture cards with storage capacity up to 2 terabytes (TB)3. The SDXC card's exFAT file structure helps consumers record long-duration HD videos. The 64GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card can store more than eight hours of such video.

“SDXC is the successor to the world’s most popular card format,” said Susan Park, director, retail product marketing, SanDisk. “The 64GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card delivers the speed and capacity consumers need for extended HD video recording and improved rapid shooting of still images. The card is an ideal complement for recently-announced SDXC-compatible cameras and camcorders.”

The 64GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card comes with a lifetime limited warranty.

First 1 TB mobile hard drive

The external storage solutions provider Western Digital has introduced two laptop drives with record capacity: Scorpio Blue 1 Terabyte (TB) and the Scorpio Blue 750 Gigabyte (GB).

So far, the largest laptop hard drive available in the market was 500GB and the largest desktop hard drive in the market is 2TB.

The new WD laptop drives are the first to use 333GB per platter technology.

The Scorpio Blue hard drive supports the SATA2 (3Gbps) standard. However, it has a thickness of 12.5 millimeters, as opposed to 9.5 millimeters in other 2.5-inch drives.

The Scorpio Blue 1TB drive comes with the company's WhisperDrive that uses algorithms to produce one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives available.

The new drives will be in WD's new My Passport Essential SE Portable USB drive.

The suggested retail price for the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB drive is $249.99 and for the 750 GB version it is $189.99. Both come with a three-year limited warranty.